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As the nation marks National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March, the American Cancer Society is encouraging Americans to get lifesaving screening tests that have been proven to reduce the risk of the third leading cause of cancer death in both men and women.

The numbers are staggering. In the last four months, 4.4 million jobs have been lost. Unemployment numbers are towering.

That means competition for available positions is stiff and applicants need every edge they can get to land the job.

The Henry County Adult Education program in New Castle may be able to help. Best known for assisting people to attain their GEDs, the Henry County Adult Education Center also offers many employment and higher education services.

Re-Kid, Children’s resale event to benefit MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on March 28, at the Waldrdge Center at Clear Creek Family Activity Center in Shelbyville.

The multi-family sale will include resale items consisting of quality, upscale children’s clothing (sizes for preemies and up) for boys and girls as well as toys and equipment for one to multiple children. All items can be purchased cash only. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the scholarship funds for MOPS of Shelby County.

I am a parent of three children and acutely aware of the many temptations and dangers facing our kids today - many more than I faced as a child. I did not have to deal with cyber bullying, the temptations on the internet or the media bombardment of drugs, alcohol, violence and early sexual behavior. Our kids today face so many more risks than we did.

For at least five more years, the Eminence Community Life Center will have funding.

Eminence Independent Schools and the Community Life Center’s board announced last week that the school district received a five-year grant, which will fund the center for five years. It is the same grant that was previously awarded to the center.

For the first year, EIS will receive $75,000 to operate the center, and that amount will decrease by 10 percent each year, not to go below $50,000.

In the present economy, why are homeowners being taxed more while property values have gone down? According to the latest news reports, property in the U.S. has declined 27 percent. Henry County is no different than the rest of the United States. Is this another example of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?

After the semifinals Monday night at Roy L. Winchester Gymnasium in New Castle, the stage was set for the boys’ 8th Region tournament finals between Anderson County and Shelby County, which was played Tuesday night past deadline. (Check the Web site www.hclocal.com or www.khsaa.org for results. Game coverage will be in next week’s Local.)

Back in the 1960s, tattoos were not the popular body art that they have become. In the upstate New York town where I grew up, I knew of no one who had a tattoo; that is, until my boyfriend – now my husband – got one in the Marines. I was shocked. How could he mar his body with something so permanent? He thought my efforts to persuade him to have it removed were nuts. The tattoo stayed, I got used to it and married him in spite of the large off-kilter anchor on one arm.

Last week, the facility that serves patients with mental disabilities, closed on a contract purchasing three acres of the new Henry County recreation and services park on U.S. 421 north of New Castle. In doing so, Cedar Lake handed the county a check for $89,000.